Garment hanger



B. SHWAYDER Nov. 22, 1949 GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 2, 1945 fi m u I l In I u I n a /A//e/vroe jm JkM/A/ JVd/A rose Patented Nov. 22, 1949GARMENT HANGER Benjamin Shwayder, Detroit, Mich., assignor to ShwayderBrothers, Inc., Denver, 0010., a corporation of Colorado ApplicationNovember 2, 1945, Serial No. 626,246

10 Claims.

This invention relates to garment supporting means and more particularlyto hangers adapted for longitudinal locking adjustment on a supportingmeans.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a garment hangeradapted for use in luggage, or other garment storage means, togetherwith supporting means carried within said luggage upon and relatively towhich said hanger may be longitudinally adjusted and locked.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a general usegarment hanger, together with a supporting means upon and relatively towhich said hanger may be longitudinally adjusted and locked.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a hanger adaptedfor support upon and longitudinal locking adjustment relatively to aslotted duct.

It is the further object of this invention to provide a pivotal carryingmeans on said hanger with a portion thereof adapted for cooperativelocking engagement with the surface of said slotted duct.

These and other objects will be seen from the following specificationand claims in conjunction with the appended drawing, of which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the hanger within its support.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view with a portion broken away ofthe hanger with a slightly different type support.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational section of the hanger andlocking means within its support.

Fig. i is a broken away perspective view of a slightly different form ofsupport, and

Fig. 5 is an elevational section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

It will be understood that the above drawing illustrates merely apreferable embodiment of the invention, and that other embodiments arecontemplated within the scope of the claims hereinafter set out.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates one form of garment hangerconsisting of horizontal crossbar II, with formed garment shouldersupporting members I2, and vertical portions I3 terminating in outwardlyextending supporting elements I4.

Hooked member I5 positioned between hanger members I3, is pivotallymounted on rivet I6 which extends through corresponding openings inmembers I3. Rivet I6 secures hanger members I3 in the position shown,with hooked member I5 adapted for relative frictional engagement withthe inner surfaces of members I3.

Channel member I! has vertical flanges 30 with inturned edges 2I toprovide a slot I8 in its bottom portion to slidably and supportinglyreceive hanger members I4. The top surface I9 of supporting channel I1is adapted to be secured to the top wall 20 of a trunk, grip, or othergarment enclosure, as for instance a clothes closet, by welding, byscrews, rivets, or any other suitable means.

The hanger manually supported by hooked member I5 or by shoulder membersI2, is elevated, and elements I4 projected within the open end ofchannel member II. Members I4, adapted for sliding support upon thebottom opposed edges ZI of flanges 3!] on said channel, are subject tolongitudinal adjustment therein, whereby two or more hangers may besupported if desired, and locked in position.

It is desirable to effectively lock the hanger or hangers Within its ortheir supporting channel preventing relative longitudinal movementthereof. To accomplish this, various means may be employed carried bysaid hanger which are adapted for manual cooperative locking engagementrelative to some portion of the channel support.

For example, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, hooked member I5 has anupwardly extending portion 22 with a cam surfaced upper end 23 adaptedfor wedging and frictional engagement with the under surface 24 ofchannel I1. As illustrated, it appears that for release or for insertionof the hanger within its slotted supporting channel, it is necessary toeffect a partial pivotal movement of hooked member I5 about its axis I6to provide the necessary clearance.

To lock the hanger in any desired longitudinally adjusted position it isnecessary to manually pivot hooked member I5 into a substantiallyvertical position, so that the cam or other end surface 23 of portion 22frictionally or otherwise cooperatively engages inner surface 24 ofchannel member I'I. It is contemplated that any number of means may beemployed for accomplishing a lock ing relationship between hangerI2-I3--I4 and its channel support, as for instance, providing atransversely corrugated under surface 25 in the channel member 26 asillustrated in Fig. 2.

Here it is desirable that the upper end 21 of hooked member I5 berounded for cooperative locking positioning between the corrugations 25.It is seen that members I4, slidably supportable upon bottom ledges 2|,cooperate with the upper portion 21 for securing an immovablepositioning thereof when hooked member I5 is pivoted into lockingposition.

Referring to Fig. 4, a slight variation is shown with channel member 28having a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings or indentations 29.It will be seen that the upper rounded end 21 of hooked member I5, Fig.2, is adapted for selective positioning within any one of openings 29,when pivoted into locking position. For release, hook member I5 ispivoted sufllciently to aljustably seated on members 2| with the upperend 21 or 23 of hook member l adapted to:operatively engage either afiat surface as in Fig. l, a corrugated surface as in Fig; 2:or-aperforated-or otherwis irregular surface as illustrated in Fig; 4.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to theclaimsathati foilow for determining the scope thereof.

I claim:

1. The combination, a channel shaped support having an upper'wailand"vertical" flanges with inturned edges: defining a slot therebetween,agarment hanger withaportion thereof extending into said supportthroughsaid slot' and mounted upon at least: one of said edges; and ahooked handle pivotally mounted on said-hanger and having 2." dependingshank-- of such length as adapted when inverted. to frictionally; andreta-iningly engage saidupper walli 2 The combinatioma channelshapedsupport having an upper"wallandvertical ,fianges, with inturned edges;defininga slot therebetween, a garment hanger with oppositely arrangedmeans extending, into said support adjustably mounted upon the edgesthereof on opposite. sides of its slot, and pivotal locking: means onsaidv hanger extending into said? support." of such length and so'formed as" to be wedged against said upper wall.

3; The combination, a channel shaped support having an upper' wall" andverticalfianges with inturned edges. defining a slot therebetween,. agarment hangerwith oppositely arrangedmeans extending into said" supportadiustably, mounted upon the edges thereof on opposite sides of itsslot; and; a carrying. hooked member pivotally mounted on said hangen,with a portion of said member extending. into said support of suchlength and so. formed as' to be wedged against said upper: wall;

4. The combination; a channel. shaped trolley support havingarr upperwall and vertical flanges with inturnededges defining a slottherebetween, a garment hanger with trolley means extending into saidsupport slidably adjusted and mounted upon the edges thereof on oppositesides of said slot, and an invertible carrying, hooked member. pivotallymounted on said: hanger with. a portion of" said member extending intosaid. support" of such length and so formed'as to be wedged againstsaidupper wall;

5. The combination, a channel shaped support. having an upper wall andvertical flanges with inturned edges defining a slot therebetween, a

garment hanger'lwith a portion thereof extend ng.

into said support and longitudinally adjustediandl mounted upon theedges thereof on. opposite sides of said slot, andlockingmeans"pivotallymounted on said'hanger and extending into said support ofsuch'lengthandwith a cam surface on its end. as to be wedged againstsaid upper wall.

6. The combination, a channelshapedsupp'ort' having a corrugated:upperwall and vertical flanges'wit'h, inturned edges defining aslot'therebetween, a garment-hanger with'a' portion there;-

of extending into said support longitudinally adiusted and mounted uponthe edges thereof on opposite sides of" said? slot, and: locking meanspivotally mounted on said hanger and extending into said support of suchlength and so formed as to be wedged against the corrugations of saidupper' Wall.

7. The combination, a channel shaped support having aperforated upperwall and vertical flangeswith inturned edges defining a slottherebetween, a garment hanger with a portion thereof extending intosaidsupport longitudinally adjustedand mounted upon the edges thereof onopposite sides of said slot, and locking means pivotally mounted on saidhanger andextending into said support of' such length and so formed asto be wedged against a portion of the perforations insaid upper wall;

8. The combination, a channel shaped support having an upper wall: witha plurality of longitudinally spaced openings therein and verticalflanges with inturned edges defining a slot therebetween, a garmenthanger with a portion thereof extending into said support adjustablymounted upon the edges thereof on opposite sides. of

said-slot, and locking'means pivotally mounted on said hanger andextending into said support of such length and so formed as to be wedgedwithin an opening in said upper wall.

9. The combination, a channel shaped. support having an upper wall'withan inner irregular surface and vertical flanges with inturned. edgesdefining a slot therebetween, a garment hanger with a portion thereofextending into said support adjustably mounted upon the edges thereof onopposite sides of said slot, and locking means pivotally mounted on saidhanger and extending into said support ofsuch length and so formed as tobe wedged against a portion of said irregular surface.

10. The combination, a channel shaped support adapted to be securedwithin a garment container and having an upper wall and vertical flangeswith inturned edges defining a slot therebetween, a formed garmenthanger having a pair of oppositely arranged means extending into saidsupport longitudinally adjusted and mounted upon the edges thereof onopposite sides of said slot, a rivet interconnecting said means, acarrying hooked member pivotally mounted on said rivet between saidmeans, with a portion thereof extending into said support of such lengthand so formed as to-be wedged against said upper wall.

BENJAMIN SI'IWAYDER.

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